The Book of Deuteronomy

Mar 3, 2021
2 min read

Updated: Mar 17, 2025

The 5th book of the Torah.

The Books of the Bible

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Hebrew & Greek Names

Hebrew Name: דְּבָרִים‎ Devarim, meaning "Words" (of Moses)

Greek Name: Δευτερονόμιον Deuteronómion, meaning "2nd Law"

Section of Tanakh

Torah (Pentateuch

Author

Attributed to Moses

People

Moses

Caleb son of Jephunneh

Joshua son of Nun

Places

Wilderness

Promised Land

The Red Sea

Horeb - where covenant made with the LORD

Chapters

Chapter 1	Events at Horeb Recalled Appointment of Tribal Leaders Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion The Desert Years
Chapter 2	Defeat of King Sihon
Chapter 3	Defeat of King Og Moses Views Canaan from Pisgah
Chapter 4	Moses Commands Obedience Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan Transition to the Second Address
Chapter 5	The Ten Commandments Moses the Mediator of God’s Will
Chapter 6	The Great Commandment Caution against Disobedience
Chapter 7	A Chosen People Blessings for Obedience
Chapter 8	A Warning Not to Forget God in Prosperity
Chapter 9	The Consequences of Rebelling against God
Chapter 10	The Second Pair of Tablets The Essence of the Law
Chapter 11	Rewards for Obedience
Chapter 12	Pagan Shrines to Be Destroyed A Prescribed Place of Worship Warning against Idolatry
Chapter 13	Warning against Idolatry
Chapter 14	Pagan Practices Forbidden Clean and Unclean Foods Regulations concerning Tithes
Chapter 15	Laws concerning the Sabbatical Year The Firstborn of Livestock
Chapter 16	The Passover Reviewed The Festival of Weeks Reviewed The Festival of Booths Reviewed Municipal Judges and Officers
Chapter 17	Forbidden Forms of Worship Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges Limitations of Royal Authority
Chapter 18	Privileges of Priests and Levites Child–Sacrifice, Divination, and Magic Prohibited A New Prophet Like Moses
Chapter 19	Laws concerning the Cities of Refuge Property Boundaries Law concerning Witnesses
Chapter 20	Rules of Warfare
Chapter 21	Law concerning Murder by Persons Unknown Female Captives The Right of the Firstborn Rebellious Children Miscellaneous Laws
Chapter 22	Laws concerning Sexual Relations
Chapter 23	Those Excluded from the Assembly Sanitary, Ritual, and Humanitarian Precepts
Chapter 24	Laws concerning Marriage and Divorce Miscellaneous Laws
Chapter 25	Levirate Marriage Various Commands
Chapter 26	First Fruits and Tithes Concluding Exhortation
Chapter 27	The Inscribed Stones and Altar on Mount Ebal Twelve Curses
Chapter 28	Blessings for Obedience Warnings against Disobedience
Chapter 29	The Covenant Renewed in Moab
Chapter 30	God’s Fidelity Assured Exhortation to Choose Life
Chapter 31	Joshua Becomes Moses’ Successor The Law to Be Read Every Seventh Year Moses and Joshua Receive God’s Charge
Chapter 32	The Song of Moses Moses’ Death Foretold
Chapter 33	Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel
Chapter 34	Moses Dies and Is Buried in the Land of Moab

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